Bell.



No. 657,386. Patentedsem. 4, i900. A.. A. Bl-:vms P. c. ARNOLD.

B E L L.

(Application led Apr.' 6, 1900.)

l(.No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABNE'R A. BEVIN AND PHILIP C. ARNOLD, OF EAST HAMPTON, CONNECTICUT,ASSIGNORS TO THE BEVIN BROTHERS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF

SAME PLACE.

BELL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 657,386, datedSeptember 4, 1900.

i Application filed April 6, 1900.

To wZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ABNEE A. BEvIN and PHILII C. ARNOLD, citizens ofthe United States, and residents of East I-Iampton, in the county ofMiddlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented a new andusefulImprovement in Bells, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to the class of bells used on vehicles andoperated by contact of a part, as with the tire of the wheel, with amoving vehicle; and the object of .ourinveni tion is to provide a deviceof this class that shall be extremely simple in construction andeffective in operation.

A device by means of which our improvement may be carried out isillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a sideView of the bell and bracket shown in place on the fork of a bicycle, aportion of the fork only being shown. Fig. 2 is a top view of the belland bracket with parts out away to show construction. Fig. 3 is a detailview in lengthwise section through the bell. Fig. 4 is a side View ofthe bracket.

In the accompanying drawings the letter a denotes the bell, that ispreferably formed after the shape of .the hand-bells in common use. Anopening is formed through the top of this bell, and a rotatingstriker-arm b eX- tends through this opening and supports on its innerend a striker b', adapted in the r0- tation of the striker-arm to hit alng a', formed on the inner wall of the gong. This striker may besupported at the end of the striker-arm in any suitable or convenientmanner,it not being essential that the strikerarm shall be bent asherein shown, although it is preferred to so construct it, and that itshall be rigid, the striker having a sliding movement to cause it to bethrown away from the lu g as it strikesit in the rotary movement of thestriker-arm. A roller c is secured to the outer end of the striker-armand is properly constructed t0 make contact with the rim or tire d of awheel of a bicycle orlike vehicle. end of the bell, preferably by meanswhich include a reduced portion of the sleeve passplane of the bracket.

A sleeve e is secured to the upper Serial No. 11,908. (No model.) f

l ing through the opening in the bell and sef cured, as by means ofriveting at its inner end. The striker-arm b has its bearing in thissleeve. A plate f is supported on the reduced portion of the sleeve andis located between the shoulder on the sleeve and the end of the bell.This plate has on one side of the sleeve an opening f to which a cord orlike part may be attached, and on the opposite side of the sleeve earsf2, turned at an angle to the plane of the plate. A bracket gis adaptedto besecured. to the fork h, as of a bicycle, this bracket having at itsouter end outturned ears g', preferably formed at an angle 'to theOpenings are formed through the ears on the plate and on the bracket,and a pivot i passes through these openings and serves as a means forpivotally supporting the bell on the bracket. A spring 7tpasses aroundthe pivot, with one end passing over the edge of the bracket and theopposite end pressing against the upper surface of the plate f. Thisspring serves to hold the bell in its normal position, with the roller cout of contact with the rim or tire Iof a wheel. The inner end of thebracket is provided with branches which are formed tov the shape of thepart to which the bracket is to be attached. One of these branches Zispreferably formed integral with the bracket g. The other branch Z' ispreferably formed of a separate piece having a T-shaped end Z2. This endis adapted to pass through a slot g2 in the bracket, which slot isformed of a width equal to the thickness of the branch Z'. The slot g2is so formed that when the branch Z is in proper position for attachmentof the device the T-shaped end will lie crosswise of the slot andprevent disengagement of the parts. A yoke m is adapted to be secured tothe branches Z ZV', as by means of screws n, this yoke being formed tothe approximate shape of the part to which the bracketJ is to be securedand is adapted to lie on the opposite side of said part from that onwhich the branches Z Z are located.

It is obvious that other means than those herein shown and described forforming the hinge or pivotal connection between the bracket and the bellmay be employed and IOO .yet come within the scopeof the invention, andWe de net .t0 limit Quittlve to the exact form heriilshcwn anddescribed@ the means of attaching the bracket to its support,

as this ma7 be departed from to a gnsnigler;

able extent and yet come within the scope of thcinvlentioill.. f c EWhatwe claim as our invention, andY gegire" to secure by LettersPaten-t, is Y l. In a bell,in combination,a bracket adapted to besecured tothe frame of a bicycle or the like and extending in adirectionV subybetween a shoulder on the sleeve and the end of thegencat@ having pivotal bnection Wit!! albrckefthe brakemandmeans for seicnring the bracket to the support.

n attachment for securing a bracket in place consisting of the body partof the bracket bent at its `cuter end and having a--slotf a.branc'lr'f9rmes1i-nw9p .oitiointo the4 bent end lcf the bracket and favi-ng a T-shapeclend adapted t-o engage said slot,'and.a`yoke formed inopposition to the bent end of the bracket `and branch and adapted to besecured to said stantially parallel with the plane of the wheelnparts.

adapted t0 59411111; .the gong, ears extending;

from Said bracketin a` direction at right'av glestheretq a plate seem-edto the`-g0ngand having ears formed to coperate with the ears#- a on 111ebracket, a pivotextending through the eax-,sou the bracket and plate,anda striker: arm mounted in .the gong and extending in the direction ofthe axis thereof and hav-ing A a striker on one end and a rolle-r ontheoppor site end adapted to make Contact with the rim 4 l of a wheel.

2. In a bell, in combination with the gong,

a sleeve secured Within an opening in `the gong, a strikerarm rotativelymounted in the sleeve, a striker loosely mounted `on theamn,

a roller secured to the arm, a plate secured CEAS. E. REYNOLDS. 1

